Locksmith East Dulwich - Beware

[joseba]

I've had the adventurous experience to call "Locksmiths East Dulwich" (aka samlocks) to open a straight-forward rear door (http://www.locksmitheastdulwich.co.uk/, http://www.samlocksmithdulwich.co.uk/, 020 8099 7991)

Over the phone they quoted ?59 for opening a 5 lever lock and ?29 for a replacement lock.

After arriving late, lots of drilling and lots of hammering the door was open. You would be forgiven to think they'd be paid by noise.

Then there was the question of payment. With indignation he stated "I can't do the lock for ?29. I paid ?35 for that at Selco." Well, I don't know Selco prices as you need a trade login (can anyone check?) but at Amazon that lock is ?12.

Also he put in a 3 lever lock with the justification that the 5 lever lock would be bigger. Really?

Eventually after threats to remove the lock and lots of discussions we finally came back to the original price.

All in all I can highly recommend this locksmith to anyone who hates their door and wishes to hone their negotiations skills and intimidation resilience. To everyone else ...

[root]

I sympathise with you. Can't remember the name of the asshat but we got charged some 150 quid to be let back into the house at 2 am on a rainy night with a pregnant wife. Hardly time to argue but the ass had the cheek to ask to come back the next day for more money to fit in new locks. Was happy to finish the job myself new locks from B&Q and following the instructions and watching a couple of tutorials on youtube.

Now that three parent babies are just round the corner I dread to know what the offspring of an egg from a lawyer, female nucleus from a dentist and sperm from a locksmith would grow up to be. A UKIP MEP probably.